Journal
HUMAN MUTATION
Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 129-136Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22464
Keywords
fragile X-related disorders; FXTAS; FXPOI; triplet repeat expansion; mismatch repair; MMR; MSH2
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- Intramural Program of NIH (NIDDK) [DK057808-05]
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Fragile X-associated tremor and ataxia syndrome, Fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency, and Fragile X syndrome are Repeat Expansion Diseases caused by expansion of a CGG center dot CCG-repeat microsatellite in the 5 UTR of the FMR1 gene. To help understand the expansion mechanism responsible for these disorders, we have crossed mice containing approximate to 147 CGG center dot CCG repeats in the endogenous murine Fmr1 gene with mice containing a null mutation in the gene encoding the mismatch repair protein MSH2. MSH2 mutations are associated with elevated levels of generalized microsatellite instability. However, we show here for the first time that in the FX mouse model, all maternally and paternally transmitted expansions require Msh2. Even the loss of one Msh2 allele reduced the intergenerational expansion frequency significantly. Msh2 is also required for all somatic expansions and loss of even one functional Msh2 allele reduced the extent of somatic expansion in some organs. Tissues with lower levels of MSH2 were more sensitive to the loss of a single Msh2 allele. This suggests that MSH2 is rate limiting for expansion in this mouse model and that MSH2 levels may be a key factor that accounts for tissue-specific differences in expansion risk. Published 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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